Search Results: Ottoman Empire from KALAMOS BOOKS

University of Utah Press, 2005 Book. New. Hardcover. First Edition.. [Utah Series In Turkish And Islamic Studies ] In 1915, the Ottoman government, then run by the Young Turks, deported most of its Armenian citizens from their eastern Anatolian lands. According to reliable estimates, close to forty percent of the prewar population perished, many in brutal massacres. Armenians call it the first genocide of the twentieth century. Turks speak of an instance of intercommunal warfare and wartime relocation made necessary by the treasonous conduct of their Armenian minority. The voluminous literature on this tragic episode of World War I is characterized by acrimony and distortion in which both sides have simplified a complex historical reality and have resorted to partisan special pleading. The Armenian Massacres in Ottoman Turkey examines the rich historical evidence without political preconceptions. Relying on archival materials as well as eye-witness testimony, Guenter Lewy avoids the sterile… Read More

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson., 2000 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st UK Ed... "At the end of the twentieth century people spoke as if the Balkans had plagued Europe forever." "Mark Mazower dispels current Western cliches and replaces stereotypes with an account of how mountains, empires and religions have shaped their inhabitants' lives. As a bridge between Europe and Asia the Balkans has been exposed to a constant incursion of nomadic peoples across the centuries. Mountain ranges made farming hard and political control almost impossible and allowed small communities to live side by side through to the end of the twentieth century. Empires based on religion not ethnicity shaped customs and beliefs in ways that did not entirely vanish with the coming of modernity." A short but well researched introduction to the complex and always compelling history of the Balkans. 160p. bibliography. index.

New York: Modern Library, 2002 Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Pbk Edition. Throughout history, the Balkans have been a crossroads, a zone of endless military, cultural, and economic mixing and clashing between Europe and Asia, Christianity and Islam, Catholicism and Orthodoxy. In this highly acclaimed short history, Mark Mazower sheds light on what has been called the tinderbox of Europe, whose troubles have ignited wider wars for hundreds of years. Focusing on events from the emergence of the nation-state onward, The Balkans reveals with piercing clarity the historical roots of current conflicts and gives a landmark reassessment of the regions history, from the world wars and the Cold War to the collapse of communism, the disintegration of Yugoslavia, and the continuing search for stability in southeastern Europe. 190p.maps, bibliography. index.

New York: Random House, 1995 Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st US Edition.. Part travel and part luminous cultural history of the Byzantine Empire. "A high point of civilization and artistic accomplishment, the Byzantine Empire has also been the object of great misunderstanding and prejudice. This is a portrayal of its cultural history focusing on its surreal landscapes and fantastic monuments. The book starts in Istanbul and crosses the Sea of Marmara to travel through Anatolia, the region of Asiatic Turkey which was the source of the Empire's wealth and manpower. John Ash finds his way through a country of anachronisms and contrasts, of bloody feuds and frescoed cave-churches, of saints and sinners, of emperors and sultans. The book introduces the reader to an exotic cast of characters, including the impassioned aesthete Theophilus, the great mystical poet Rumi, the bishop and necromancer Theodore Santabarenos and the Empress Theophano" 329. p. Chronology bibliography, index..

New York: Barnes & Noble, 1992 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Facsimile Reprint. Facsimile of the edition first published by Methuen, London 1926) 310p. index. Name of previous owner on ffep. else as new..

New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 1998 Book. As New. Soft cover. 1st Pbk Ed... Mansel's sweeping narrative of the last five centuries of Constantinople reinterprets the history of the Ottoman Empire and provides an enthralling biography of "the city of the world's desire". "This is a work for the general reader which will also earn the admiration of all academic specialists in Ottoman history" 528p. bibliography index. Clean crisp tight copy Large format softcover weighs over 2 lbs..

London: Century, 1988 Book. Illus. by Introduced By Dervla Murphy. As New. Hardcover. 1st UK Edition.. The delightful observations of Lady Mary Wortley-Montague on Ottoman Turkish life and manners in the 18th.Century, whilst her husband was Ambassdor to the Sublime Porte . The book is enhanced by a wonderful selection of contemporary illustrations.224p. plates (some col.) index.

London: Picador, 1995 Book. New. Hardcover. First Thus. A fascinating account (first published 1844) of the author's journey through Turkey and the Middle East which "records his impressions with a frankness and wonderment which make his writing as idiosyncratically fresh and witty as when it first appeared.(a) beautifully evocative and seminal work of Victorian travel writing" . This text is based on the Everyman edition od 1908. Reissued in the Picador Travel Classic series - quality printing, handsomely bound with headbands and ribbon bookmark..

Cologne: Konemann, 1997 Book. New. Hardcover. Reprint. A fascinating account (first published 1844) of the author's journey through Turkey and the Middle East which "records his impressions with a frankness and wonderment which make his writing as idiosyncratically fresh and witty as when it first appeared.(a) beautifully evocative and seminal work of Victorian travel writing" This text is based on the last revised edition of 1864. 261p. maps. .

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982 Book. Very Good. Pbk. Reprint.. A fascinating account (first published 1844) of the author's journey through Turkey and the Middle East which "records his impressions with a frankness and wonderment which make his writing as idiosyncratically fresh and witty as when it first appeared.(a) beautifully evocative and seminal work of Victorian travel writing".

Thessaloniki: Institute for Balkan Studies., 1966 Book. Fine. Original Wraps. 1st Greek Edition.. Series Title: Hetaireia Makedonikon Spudon. Hidryma meleton Chersonesu tou Haimu, 87. Greek political and diplomatic relations in the early years of the reign of King George , and covering issues such as the Cretan insurrection of 1866-69 Originally a PhD thesis submitted to the University of London ) 223p. bibliography..

London: I.B. Tauris, 2010 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st UK Edition. For almost four hundred years, between the fall of Constantinople in 1453 and the Greek War of Independence, the history of Greece is shrouded in mystery: distorted by Greek writers and largely neglected by others. What was life really like for the Greeks under Ottoman rule? Was it a period of exploitation and enslavement for the Greeks until they were finally able to rise up against Turkish rule, as is the traditional, Greek nationalistic view? Or did the Greeks derive some benefit from Turkish rule? How did the Greeks and Turks co-exist for so long? And, why are Greek attitudes towards Venice, who also controlled much of Greece for many of these years, so different? In this wide-ranging yet concise history David Brewer explodes many of the myths about Turkish rule of Greece. He places the Greek story in its wider, international context and casts fresh light on the dynamics of power not only between Greeks and Ottomans but also between… Read More

Athens: Hestia, 1985 Book. Fine. French Wraps. 1st Greek Edition.. Mediterreanaean Pirates and Corsairs 1390-1538 473p + plates, maps.plans. bibliography. index. Stamp of previous owner on ffep. [5 Copies found in WorldCat].

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976 Book. New. Hardcover. Reprint. VOLUME ONE ONLY of a 2 volume History "Empire of the Gazis: The Rise and Decline of the Ottoman Empire, 1280-1808 is the first book of the two-volume History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey. It describes how the Ottoman Turks, a small band of nomadic soldiers, managed to expand their dominions from a small principality in northwestern Anatolia on the borders of the Byzantine Empire into one of the great empires of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Europe and Asia, extending from northern Hungary to southern Arabia and from the Crimea across North Africa almost to the Atlantic Ocean. The volume sweeps away the accumulated prejudices of centuries and describes the empire of the sultans as a living, changing society, dominated by the small multinational Ottoman ruling class led by the sultan, but with a scope of government so narrow that the subjects, Muslim and non-Muslim alike, were left to carry on their own lives,… Read More

Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2010 Book. New. Hardcover. First Edition.. A novel, based on a true story of Assyrian refugees forced out of their homes by the Turkish Army in 1918. "Nine-year-old Samira and her brother are forced to flee when the Turkish army invades northwestern Persia in 1918, barely surviving the journey and ending up at a refugee camp run by the British Army; After being sent to an orphanage, the director decides to lead the 300 refugee children back to their home villages, an heroic journey of 300 miles through the mountains, on foot"..

Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society Of America, 1948 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st US Ed... Dom Joseph Nasi 1524-1579 (or Nassi; also known as João Miques/Micas and Dom João Migas Mendes in a Portuguese variant, Giuseppe Nasi in Italian, and as Yasef Nassi in Ottoman Turkish) , was a Jewish diplomat and administrator, member of the House of Mendes/Benveniste, and a nephew of Dona Gracia Mendes Nasi, and influential figure in the Ottoman Empire during the rules of both Sultan Suleiman I and his son Selim II. He was a great benefactor of the Jewish people.A Court Jew, he was appointed the Lord of Tiberias with the expressed aim of resettling Jews in Ottoman Syria and encouraging industry there; the attempt failed, and, later, he was appointed to the Duke of Naxos.Nasi also brought about war with the Republic of Venice, at the end of which Venice lost the island of Cyprus to the Ottomans. After the death of Selim, he lost influence in the Ottoman Court, but was allowed to keep his titles… Read More

Ankara: Panama Yayinclik, 2013 Book. As New. Soft cover. 1st Turkish Edition.. "Light rises from the east: famous Turkish and Muslim scientists" A survey in dictionary format of Turkish and Muslim discoverers, explorers, inventors and scientists. 376p. illus bibliography..

London: Viking, 1997 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st UK Edition. This is a biography of the city originally known as Byzantium, later renamed Constantinople and now called Istanbul. With a population of 10 million, it's the largest city in Turkey, adorned with splendid monuments of both Ottoman and Byzantium empires. This book gives an account of the city's history from the time of its founding up to the present day along with notes on the monuments that have survived from the successive epochs of its past. It's a biography rather than a political or architectural city with the emphasis on the life of the people and of the city.414p. plates illus, bliography.index 1" chip to DJ.else fine.

London: Penguin, 1984 Book. Near Fine. Pbk.. For Victorian travellers a trip to Turkey was a leap into the dark of Islam. Fascinated by their accounts of the far-flung, down-at-heel Ottoman Empire, novelist and traveller Philip Glazebrook followed in their footsteps. His destination was Kars, the city within view of Mount Ararat where the Ark was stranded. Through the old Serbian and Greek provinces and islands, through the ruined cities of Asia Minor, to Kars and then back to Trebizond, Istanbul and the Balkan capitals - this book recounts his adventures.Fascinating exploration through the old Ottoman territories from Belgrade to Kars on the Russian border - full of interesting observations of people and places,past and present. 246p. bibliography.

New York: Holt Rinehart & Winston, 1984 Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. For Victorian travellers a trip to Turkey was a leap into the dark of Islam. Fascinated by their accounts of the far-flung, down-at-heel Ottoman Empire, novelist and traveller Philip Glazebrook followed in their footsteps. His destination was Kars, the city within view of Mount Ararat where the Ark was stranded. Through the old Serbian and Greek provinces and islands, through the ruined cities of Asia Minor, to Kars and then back to Trebizond, Istanbul and the Balkan capitals - this book recounts his adventures.246p, map biblography .